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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Amarillo, TX
NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2001, 6:14 PM CDT for Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2001, 6:14 PM CDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2001, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Amarillo, TX
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS54 KAMA 022315 SVRAMA TXC483-030000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 614 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN WHEELER COUNTY IN THE TEXAS PANHANDLE * UNTIL 700 PM CDT * AT 614 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF ALLISON...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF SHAMROCK...MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE STORM INCLUDE... ALLISON LARGE HAIL UP TO ONE AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...AND TORRENTIAL RAINS A'RE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. TAKE COVER IN A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Amarillo, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 2, 4:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 4:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 408 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 ASIDE FROM THE FRONT BEING JUST A LITTLE BIT SLOWER AND TEMPS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN ORIGINALLY FCSTD...EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE ON TARGET. ETA HAS DONE THE WITH FCSTNG MOVEMENT OF FRONT WHILE THE AVN CONTINUES TO DO THE BEST WITH MID/UPR LVL FEATURES. THEREFORE...ONLY MINOR CHANGES HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO ONGOING FCST. COLD FRONT APPEARS TO HAVE BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS NWRN OK/ERN TX PNHDL/SOUTH PLAINS RGN...ORIENTED FROM NEAR BUFFALO TO SE OF CLAUDE TO NEAR TULIA. PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH APPEARS TO PARALLEL FRONT ABOUT 50 MILES SE OF FRONT WITH INITIAL CONVECTION INITIATING NEAR DRYLINE/TROUGH TRIPLE-POINT IN SERN HALL COUNTY AT THIS TIME. CONVECTION IS EXPECTED MAINLY ACROSS THE SERN 1/2 OF CWA TONIGHT WITH LULL IN THE ACTION TOMORROW BEFORE BETTER CHANCES OF WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO POSSIBLY HVY RA FOR THU NIGHT AND FRI. THIS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO NRN MEX MINOR WAVE LIFTING NE OVER W TX TONIGHT...THEN STRONGER MID-LEVEL FORCING AND UPR LVL DIFFLUENCE OVERSPREADING DEEP LOW LEVEL MOIST ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE THU NIGHT. FRONT IS EXPECTED TO LIFT NE AS WARM FRONT FRI MORNG WITH DRYLINE DEVELOPING NWD ACRS THE WRN PNHDLS DURING THE DAY. CONTINUE WITH THE IDEA OF DRYLINE LIGHTING UP AS IT ADVANCES EAST IN RESPONSE TO SWRN U.S. UPR LOW LIFTING NE INTO THE CNTRL ROCKIES/PLAINS. MAINTAINED SAT PRECIP...HOWEVER DRIER BL AIR WILL OBVIOUSLY ADVECT INTO THE RGN FROM THE WEST FRI NIGHT BEHIND THE DRYLINE. LOW CONFIDENCE CONTINUES WITH MEDIUM RANGE MODELS AS SOLNS CONTINUE TO DIFFER BY DAY 5. THEREFORE...WILL MAINTAIN SEASONABLE WX FCST FOR SUN AND MON FOLLOWED BY POSSIBLY COOLER WX TUE AND WED IN WAKE OF ANOTHER COLD FRONT. .AMA... TX...NONE. OK...NONE. JH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 2, 1:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-022100- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE AREA AT RISK IS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM CLARENDON...TO PAMPA...TO DARROUZETT. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON A COLD FRONT AND THE DRYLINE WERE IN PLACE OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. A MOIST AIRMASS WAS IN PLACE AHEAD OF THESE TWO FEATURES. FOLLOWING AFTERNOON HEATING... THIS AIRMASS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE...AND POSSIBLY THE COLD FRONT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A ZONE OF STRONGER WINDS ALOFT ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO MOVE OVERHEAD THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...THE TURNING OF WINDS WITH HEIGHT WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED ACTIVATION. COCKRELL
Special weather statement, May 2, 1:00 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
OKZ001>003-TXZ001>020-022100- TEXAS/OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX 100 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2001 CORRECTED LAST PARAGRAPH THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE. THE AREA AT RISK IS GENERALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM CLARENDON...TO PAMPA...TO DARROUZETT. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON A COLD FRONT AND THE DRYLINE WERE IN PLACE OVER EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE TEXAS PANHANDLE. A MOIST AIRMASS WAS IN PLACE AHEAD OF THESE TWO FEATURES. FOLLOWING AFTERNOON HEATING... THIS AIRMASS WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE...AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THE DRYLINE...AND POSSIBLY THE COLD FRONT. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND A ZONE OF STRONGER WINDS ALOFT ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO MOVE OVERHEAD THIS EVENING...WHICH WILL PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. ALSO...THE TURNING OF WINDS WITH HEIGHT WILL PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. SPOTTER GROUPS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL ACROSS THE EASTERN TEXAS PANHANDLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION. COCKRELL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Amarillo, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | AMA | Hemphill, Wheeler | 53 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.